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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1893/Add.1 
2 July 2009  
 (09-3222) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 29 June 2009, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States
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Notice of Determination of the High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 Status of Germany 
and Poland (APHIS–2008–0121)  
 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is advising the public of our determ ination regarding the high pathogenicity avian 
influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1 status of Ge rmany and Poland following outbreaks in 2006 and 
2007.  Based on assessments of the animal health st atus of the two countries, which we made 
available to the public for review and comment th rough a previous notice, the APHIS Administrator 
has determined that the importation of live birds, poultry carcasses, parts or products of poultry carcasses, and eggs (other than hatching eggs) of poultry, game birds, and other birds from either 
Germany (except Saxony, Germany) or Poland presen ts a low risk of introducing HPAI H5N1 into 
the United States.  This determinati on will be effective on 22 June 2009. 
 
This notice can be found at:  Federal Regi ster:  5 June 2009 (Volume 74, Number 107) 
Notices Pages 27006-27007.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, 
select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and search on "page 27006" (with quotation marks).  
 
This action is subsequent to  a notice published in the Fede ral Register on 2 January 2009 
(74 FR 69–70, Docket No. APHIS–2008–0121), in which we announced the availability for review 
and comment of assessments of the animal health status of Germany and Poland relative to high 
pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1 .  In the assessments, titled "APHIS' Evaluation 
of the Status of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza H5N1 (HPAI H5N1) in Germany" 
(October 2008) and "APHIS' Evaluation of the Stat us of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza H5N1 
virus in Poland" (October 2008), we presented the resu lts of our evaluation of the prevalence of HPAI 
H5N1 in domestic poultry in the two countries in light of the actions taken by German and Polish 
animal health authorities during and since the outbr eaks of HPAI H5N1 that occurred in those two 
regions in 2006 and 2007.  The assessments concluded that both Ge rmany and Poland had adequate 
detection and control measures in place at the time of  the outbreaks, that they have been able to 
effectively control and eradicate HPAI H5N1 in their domestic poultry populations since that time, 
and that both German and Polish animal health au thorities have control measures in place to rapidly 
identify, control, and eradicate the disease should it be reintroduced into Germany or Poland in either 
wild birds or domestic poultry.  We solicite d comments on the notice for 30 days ending on 
2 February 2009.  We received one comment on our  assessments, from the Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural Development of the Republic of Poland. G/SPS/N/USA/1893/Add.1 
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  This addendum concerns a: 
 
 [   ] Modification of final date for comments  [   ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  [   ] Modification of content and/or sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
 [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [ X ] Other:  Notice of Determination, effective 22 June 2009 
 
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the Addendum may 
vary.)  
 [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [   ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
 
For further information contact:  Mr. Javier Vargas , Regionalization Evaluation Services Staff, National 
Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 Ri ver Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231;  
+(1 301) 734 0756  
Text available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 10 27, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
  
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